Another perfect day in Cairns, though it was a bit cool when we were embarking on our 8.30am passage to Green Island (maybe 17 or 18 degrees!) The fast catamaran was just chockas. They guy counting reached 350 people just before we boarded and plenty more came on board after us. It was a little choppy on the way out and quite a strong breeze was …

We woke on our last day to tropical storms we were a bit perplexed as what to do with our time. We had hoped we could spend the day on the beach or by the pool, but that wasn't to be. The rain held off for one last beautiful walk around the island and a quick visit to see Cassius the croc get fed (he's a big boy!) Then we jumped on an earlier …

Day trip to Green Island and the Great Barrier Reef. wow! What an awesome place - thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Richard went snorkelling out to the reef and had amazing close up views of amazing variety of fish - no idea what they were but incredible to be so close to them. The coral was different colours, notably a sparkly emerald and …

... dips at the side of the roads that had always puzzled us, were all of a sudden home to a raging mini river. We felt cold, the combination of feeling under dressed, the air conditioning, and watching the rain. However as we got out, we realised it was warm rain? Very strange. We got our own little cab for the skyrail, and although it was rainy and cloudy meaning you couldn't see very far, this wasn't necessarily a bad thing as Joe had apparently forgotten about his feelings ...